I can't complain about winter in Chicago this year, I have been pretty happy about the lack of snow and freezing temperatures and I am fairly certain its safe to vocalize that now. I realize that the only real winter weather I have had to contend...
Ceramics has an undeniable sense of history and tradition. While the studio ceramics movement is less than 100 years old, the inclusion of ceramics in the daily lives of people dates back many thousands of years. However, this history is so long...
Sonja Dahl
Jovencio de la Paz
Stacy Jo Scott
Ox-Bow, like the Bauhaus Schools, like Black Mountain College, like many schools of art and craft nestled throughout North America's countryside, has presented an idyllic, monastic haven for makers...
I am at the desk in my studio, in a building called the Convent, listening to the sounds of water trickle down through trees. Today it is raining and birds of varied voice call out, presumably, to each other. Yesterday, I lay on the floating dock...
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This week I asked Carolyn Jonauskas, our fellowship student from Grand Valley State University, to interview our visiting artist Anders Ruhwald. I knew they would have a lot in common since they are both dealing with histories of decoration...
This year, the annual Ox-Bow art auction, dinner and dance party will bring the beach to the iconic Ox-Bow meadow.
Dinner will be prepared by chef extraordinaire, Chris Ferris, and a unique cocktail will be designed by Ninth Bridge. Eric May, head...
Summer 2011 is off to a running start! All of our full time staff and fellowship students worked hard to open up the cabins and spruce up the grounds for the first week of class. It has been great to see the familiar faces of students and faculty...
Ox-Bow friends and family! We need your submissions!
Ox-Bow is participating in the The Midway Independent Art Fair April 23-24, 2011 at the Iron Studios in Bridgeport.
We need your drawings, photocopies, Polaroids, lost dog posters, prints, paintings,...
Click here to register online today.
Use the online form to request registration beginning on March 28, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Central. Non-credit students can pay for the course by credit card at this time and for-credit students will make payment...
In early 2011 I had the pleasure of visiting Ox-Bow during a winter session attended by some twenty-odd young artists. Some spent long hours pulling prints, while others used their time away from home to research models of intentional communities...